Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190’s long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is…
Update: Purpose (aka Mykal Hudson) ended up winning the Denver Idol competition, earning 48 percent of the vote to best the other two finalists. As a result, unlike thousands of would-be hopefuls sleeping under the stars for their chance to showcase their talents, Purpose earned a guaranteed audition at Invesco…
Just got word of an intriguing free show tonight at Wax Trax records. Experimental cellist songwriter Valerie Kuehne is playing at 5 p.m. I hadn’t heard of her before, but a listen to the tracks on Kuehne’s MySpace page reveals an intriguing talent — nice voice, fascinating cello style and…
You could purloin a copy of Boulder Acoustic Society’s new album, Punchline, using whatever methods you kids use to rip music off the internet, but then how would you see the band in 3D? When you purchase a hard copy of Punchline, out August 18th on Nine Mile Records, not…
For this week’s Freaky Friday entry, we go a touch more mainstream than usual. You may have already seen this a few hundred times, and if so I apologize, but there are folks, like me, out there that live in a self-imposed mass media exile. I don’t watch television (not…
Speakeasy Tiger has made quite a name for itself this year since first being included in the Class of 2009 column earlier this year and playing an early installment of Soda Jerk and Mile Hi-Fidelity’s Bands You Need to Know series at the Marquis this past February. And judging from…
Alright, so we realize we’re kind of cheating by featuring this one in the Denver Boot, but the link got passed along to us and we were at this show and can attest that it’s fully worth downloading. Our buddy Jon Snodgrass, he of Drag the River, Armchair Martian and…
After a wildly successful Westword Music Showcase this year, we’ve tallied the votes, ordered the statues and put the bubbly is on ice. A week from today at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, we’ll be announcing the winners in the individual categories at the Gothic Theatre. Whether you’re a…
Lazy LesterThursday, July 9, 2009Boulder Outlook Hotel, BoulderBetter Than: The canned blues playing over the PA between sets — by a long sight.Admittedly, when I first heard about this show coming up, I had to look up who Lazy Lester (Leslie Johnson) was, but after listening to a great deal…
As the scene continues to expand into new genres, we’ll openly see areas of focus becoming saturated as they becomes popular. Dance rock? Check. Synth rock? Check. Butt rock…well no, but any takers? While we haven’t reached critical mass yet with female fronted bands, we have noticed an influx of…
Last night ended up being another greatest hits installment, in which I played as many of my favorite cuts from the past eight months worth of shows that I could jam into two hours. That number, as it turns out, is 28, in case you were wondering. Didn’t really plan…
Each July 11, everyone’s favorite convenience chain 7/11 celebrates its anniversary with free Slurpee. This year, for its 82nd anniversary, they decided to do something a little extra — give away free and discounted music. Because apparently, the 82nd anniversary is the live music anniversary. Good to know for my…
Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson can’t get enough of Travis Egedy’s Pictureplane, slapping the most coveted three words in modern music criticism on “Goth Star,” the first offering from his upcoming full length, Dark Rift. The album’s out on August 4th on Lovepump United. Richardson starts by marveling at 2007’s “Flashion (You…
According to a characteristically pithy and vituperative post on Mommy’s Little Monster’s blog, the weekly DJ extravaganza dance party that took honors as Westword’s Best Club Night this year is hanging up its slip mats and moonwalking off into the sunset. Helmed by DJ Max Klaw, and featuring El Brian,…
When tickets to the four nights of Phish at Red Rocks went on sale a few months ago, they sold out about as quick as it takes me to lose a game of washers (the new backyard game sweeping my neighborhood)…yeah, pretty fast. Of course, the concert announcement and subsequent…
Now there are two compelling reasons to make your way to the Meadowlark on a Tuesday night. Denver’s most bipolar bar — with the dingy basement speakeasy and the gorgeous backyard garden party vibes — has been offering up a diverse and not entirely offensive open mike extravaganza for the…
If you aren’t an avid reader of the ticketing industry website Ticket News, you may have missed the news that the Pepsi Center is dumping Ticketmaster. The venue will be switching to TicketHorse, a ticketing company owned by Kroenke Sports Enterprises, owner of the Pepsi Center and several other local…
Kyle Simmons wasted no time making things happen when she first felt the call of music. “I started writing as a solo artist when I was fourteen, released a record at the age of sixteen, and then at the age of eighteen signed with a label.” Now frontwoman of Speakeasy…
Today there are building projects all over the place, but back in the ’80s, the area behind Coors Field felt like some kind of bizarre wasteland. There was no Coors Field, of course, and you had to really work to find the original Tracks or the old Skyline Cafe (which…
Waves of hardcore have come and gone since the salad days of the early ’80s. With few genuine musical outlets for angst and rampaging energy open to young people in the past several years, it was inevitable that a band like Dethbox would come along and put its own stamp…
The music of Audiofly is a delicious mix of funky techno and the deep, dirty side of house: sexy, driving and warm, but always with a distinctly electronic edge. Since meeting in 2002, the duo of Luca Saporito and Anthony Middleton have had tremendous success under the collective name (and…
Copy editors, grammarians and assorted other speakers of English: Apologies in advance for our e-mail interview with Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, whose Blazed and Confused tour kicks off in Denver. Turns out Snoop is as big a fan of creative spelling and unusual word usage as he is of…
